Riley Gaines silences critics after completing daring 1.25-mile Alcatraz swim while pregnant

Riley Gaines reacts on OutKick's "Gaines for Girls" podcast to the social media comments she received after she swam around Alcatraz while pregnant.

Riley Gaines swam from the infamous Alcatraz prison to shore just as she did last year, but this time, she did so 31 weeks pregnant. 

That detail led many to bash Gaines on social media, but she had time on OutKick’s "Gaines for Girls" podcast to fire right back. 

Gaines did the roughly 1.25-mile swim alongside U.S. Navy SEALs and combat veterans, as well as her husband, after getting clearance from her OBGYN. 

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Riley Gaines swam more than a mile while 31 weeks pregnant. (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

She posted to social media a picture of herself after the swim, and quickly received vitriol. She said the act "broke the minds of liberals."

Then, Gaines read aloud a few comments and gave her take on each. 

"’I guess putting your baby at a risk for click was a decision,’" Gaines read aloud. "I wonder where he got his doctorate. I didn’t know Twitter had so many OBGYNs or doctors who suddenly know more about pregnancy and exercising while pregnant than my OB did, who cleared me to do this."

Another X user wrote: "Maybe not the best time to swim in the ocean then lol but what do I know."

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"Nothing," Gaines retorted. "You know nothing, at least about pregnancy and exercising while pregnant."

Gaines read another comment, which asked why she would think about doing this while pregnant. 

Riley Gaines, a former All-American University of Kentucky swimmer, speaks before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Greenville Convention Center on Friday, June 2, 2023.